Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 4 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | SABRİYE AK KURAN (akkuran@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of this course is to tech the main concepts of urban sociology | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can describe basic concepts of Urban Sociology. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models; PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization; PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems; PO-6 Gain ability to apply research methods and techniques in the social disciplines; PO-9 Gain self-consciousness for adoption of ethical values as the fundamental values at every stage of life and especially in professional life; |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Can analyze organizations in urban settings. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
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Examination |
| LO-3 | Can compare the relationship between Urban sociology and other branches of sociology |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
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Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Theories about cities, institutions, and functions of cities are the main topics to be studied. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction of the course and basic concepts (city, urbanization, urban rights, right to the city, urban sociology etc.) | Lecture |
| 2 | Cities in historical process, reasons of the existence and progress of cities | Lecture |
| 3 | Urban theories in sociological sense ( Weber , Simmel , R. E. Park ve Louis Wirth , H. Lefebvre , M. Castells ve D. Harvey vb) | Lecture |
| 4 | The process and the experience of turkish urbanization (causes, specialties, indicators, problems) | Lecture |
| 5 | Migration, cities and local governments (social, economic, cultural and spatial effects of migration) | Lecture |
| 6 | Slums in Turkey and social relation networks | Lecture |
| 7 | Urban poverty and crime in Turkey | Lecture |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | City, identity and politics: City and politics, political behaviours and political participation, ethnic identity and ethnic groups | Lecture |
| 10 | Urban change process: urban renewal and dynamics of urban transformation | Lecture |
| 11 | Social struggle and city (Gezi Park Resistance, Tekel Resistance etc.) | Lecture |
| 12 | New urbanization trends in Turkey and world (family-friendly cities, smart cities, garden-city, slow cities etc.) | Lecture |
| 13 | Case readings and discussions about today's urban sociology | Lecture |
| 14 | Urban issues and discussions: analysis via movies and documentaries | Lecture |
| 15 | General assessment | Lecture |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Lewis Mumford, Tarih Boyunca Kent, Çev. Gürol Koca, Tamer Tosun, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007. (Ana Kitap) | |
| 2 | Hüseyin Bal, Kent Sosyolojisi, Fakülte Kitabevi, Isparta, 2006. (Ana Kitap) | |
| 3 | Ruşen Keleş, Kentleşme Politikası, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2021. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| 4 | Manuel Castells, Kent, Sınıf, İktidar, Çev. Asuman Erendil, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara, 1997. (Yardımcı Kaynak). | |
| 5 | Rana A. Aslanoğlu, Kent, Kimlik ve Küreselleşme, Ezgi Kitabevi, Bursa, 2000. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Projection | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Total work load; | 118 | ||